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Mark Nitzberg

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Not seeing any notability pass for this AI researcher/computer scientist. Being the executive director of a center at Berkeley isn't inherently notable. All of the sources in the article are his own papers or sources from organizations he is or was affiliated with, and thus there's no WP:GNG-qualifying coverage, nor did I find any in my BEFORE search. His h-index of 27 is low for a senior researcher in computer science, so we don't have an WP:NACADEMIC #1 pass unless there's some evidence not immediately visible. I looked for book reviews of his book and found only one review for one of them so there's no WP:NAUTHOR pass. All told, I looked for lots of ways to get to a "keep" here and didn't find any. Dclemens1971 (talk) 16:52, 9 January 2026 (UTC)

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Academics and educators, Artificial intelligence, Computing, and California. Dclemens1971 (talk) 16:52, 9 January 2026 (UTC)
• Delete, per nom. His citation record is not high enough, and we do not consider administrative positions as important except at the highest level. I see no evidence of significant peer awards. As an additional comment, his citations/year show no indications of an increase so I do not see much hope for his passing WP:NPROF in the immediate future unless something significantly changes in his career path.Ldm1954 (talk) 21:20, 9 January 2026 (UTC)
• Delete: Only four hits on the name come up in Gnews, sourcing now in the article is primary, non-RS or biographical listings. I don't see enough to build an article with. Oaktree b (talk) 00:26, 10 January 2026 (UTC)
• Comment: Disclosure: I created this article.

The nomination may have overlooked several potential notability indicators worth investigating:

1. WP:NACADEMIC #7 (influential work): Nitzberg co-authored Filtering, Segmentation and Depth (Springer, 1993) with Fields Medalist David Mumford, which has 228+ citations per Springer and introduced the "2.1-D Sketch" concept in computer vision. This work appears in Mumford's major publications list and continues to be cited in pattern recognition research. The h-index assessment may not fully capture foundational work from the pre-web era.
2. WP:NAUTHOR reconsideration: Solomon's Code (Pegasus, 2018) received a Publishers Weekly review and endorsements from notable figures including the former Director of DARPA. The paperback reprint as The AI Generation includes a foreword by Admiral James Stavridis. These may warrant a closer look at sustained coverage.
3. Missing sources: The nom's BEFORE search may not have captured his role as co-founder and Interim Executive Director of the International Association for Safe and Ethical AI (IASEAI), or coverage of his advisory work on AI governance with international bodies including the Wilson Center. Particleshow22 (talk) 14:09, 10 January 2026 (UTC)

• Weak Delete the commenter in response makes good arguments but I still think he fails notability and RS coverage. Go4thProsper (talk) 03:17, 12 January 2026 (UTC)

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